USA: 22 dead in US state of Tennessee

 WASHINGTON, 25 August 2021, (TON): Local officials said Sunday in what they warned was a preliminary toll “devastating floods after record rainfall in the southern US state of Tennessee have left at least 22 people dead and at least 20 more missing.”

Tennessee was hit by what meteorologists called historic storms and flooding, dumping as much as 17 inches of rain.

Rural roads, state highways, bridges and hundreds of homes were washed out and widespread power outages affected thousands of people.

The National Weather Service said “in Humpreys County, the downpour broke a 24-hour rainfall record for Tennessee.”

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